Classical Guitar Lessons

Classical Guitar Lessons Just for You

This is what we do for over 35 years.

Music Makers Calgary is the perfect place for young kids, teenagers, adults and seniors to take classical guitar lessons. High qualified teachers ready to give you the best learning experience possible, respecting your own pace and ability.

All individual lessons are prepared to fit your needs, being that for deep theoretical understanding or just to learn how to play a specific music that you love.

Get in touch to learn more and schedule your first classical guitar lesson.

Benefits of Playing Classical Guitar

Beyond the pleasure of it, playing classical guitar is a lot more than just having a good time. Some studies across Canada and other countries suggest that playing the classical guitar can help with:

• Discipline and patience
• Better coordination
• Sense of achievement
• Communicate your emotions
• Transform your moments with friends
• Educate your ear
• It is incredibly fun!

Famous Composers & Players

• Andres Segovia
• Julian Bream
• John Williams (photo)
• Christopher Parkening
• David Russell
• DionisioAguado
• Agustin Barrios Mangore
• Baden Powell
• Heitor Villa-Lobos

Construction

The main aspects of classical guitar making is:

Playability

Comfort to play, usually the best playability is achieved when the guitar is custom made to the player’s body proportions.

Constructibility

From joint types to braces, wood thickness and glue, all aspects of construction will impact the end result. Some guitar makers use construct techniques to facilitate adjustments like fretboard angle using a detachable neck, which is a modern method, other prefer to glue the neck permanently like the firsts guitar makers used to do.

 

Acoustics

Two factors will impact greatly on the acoustics: wood and shape. All wood is unique and even two pieces of the same wood will have different resonance qualities. The instrument shape, specially the bracing patterns, will also affect sustain and volume.

Durability

Is the result of a good construction, proper care and style of playing. Spanish music style tend to be more aggressive and could shorten the instrument’s life. But keep in mind that the instrument only purpose is to be played.

Aesthetics

This featured is achieved using exotic wood and adornments. Mother of perl inlays are greatly appreciated. Some guitar makers like to promote intricate inlay patterns  while other prefer to promote wood natural patterns and texture.

History

First mentioned in the 13th century literature, the origin of the classical guitar is unclear.  Although there were a lot of instruments that shared certain features with each other, like number of strings, constructions, tuning etc, the first instrument that resembles a modern classical guitar was similar to a Spanish vihuela and appeared during the Renaissance.

By the middle of the 16th century it already has five strings and the modern standard tuning.  The number of frets also changed from eight to ten and finally to twelve and the sixth string was added and widely accepted after the german Joakim Thielke made one and became  a success.

The modern design, now called tradition, was credited to the Spanish Antonio de Torres and has been the standard since mid 19th century.